real food Archives

October 14, 2015

Spelt and Oat Pumpkin Muffins

Happy Autumn! While I waited until it was truly fall in late September to start enjoying fall foods, I am completely embracing and enjoying fall tastes with apples, winter squash, and of course pumpkin. I do have to say though, that while at Trader Joe’s last week, the amount of processed pumpkin foods on every end cap and stand in...

Hungryroot Plant Based Meal Delivery – Review and Discount Codea

Disclosure: I received free products from hungry root and have received compensation for services. As always, all opinions stated are my own. *Update 3/19/19: hungryroot has changed their format since this post was written. Click for $25 off of your first 2 orders. After returning from California, I immediately traveled to CT for a friend’s wedding and didn’t arrive back home...

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Oats

Chocolate and peanut butter are a match made in heaven. But most products and recipes are loaded with tons of sugar, meaning you feel you can’t have this pair any old day. Not with this recipe! Nutritious, delicious and super filling, this oatmeal has no added sugar with all the flavor 🙂 And let me tell you, it was perfect...

Easy, Creamy, Roasted Red Pepper Hummus

Hummus has been super popular for years and I don’t see it going away anytime soon! While it is a healthful snack or spread, you are spending way too much money on it! This recipe can give you 4 times what you’ll get in a store bought container for a lower cost and with a better, fresher taste. Even if you think you...

Too busy? What a Dietitian Eats with No Time and an Empty Fridge

Too busy to make healthy meals & exercise? Suggested activity: Make a list of things more important to you than your health and the health of your family. Have you been using the “I’m too busy” excuse a lot lately? I could be too… but I know I would feel more stressed and even more tired if I was eating...

Ditch the fad supplements and find an RD!

Looking back, while I didn’t think anything of it then, as early as I can remember, I have been living in a world of nutrition fads. As a child, at friend’s houses and family parties I would see the reduced-fat and fat free processed foods along with diet sodas. Then in high school my dad and other family members stopped caring about the...